Complexes containing both polarity strands of avocado sunblotch viroid: Identification in chloroplasts and characterization

Virology

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-85

  Navarro, José Antonio ^a   Daròs, José Antonio ^a   Flores, Ricardo ^a  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avocado sunblotch viroid; Hammerhead structures; Replication; Rolling circle mechanism

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHLOROPLAST; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLANT LEAF; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; RNA ANALYSIS; VIROID; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0033524334     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9497     Document Type: Article

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